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[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Heisenberg I didn't create the thread to wish bad luck upon these choices discussed or yet to be discussed, but it's just kind of going to happen every once in awhile, with us being humans and all. As a fan of Jack Swagger, I have swept his mishap under the rug and will continue to enjoy his rejoining of Zeb.

Oh, I'm not trying to put anything on anyone. I just feel uneasy suggesting that someone I don't know doesn't have control of their life.

I really enjoy Swagger. I've said it before and I'll say it again -- he should have been the guy to defeat John Cena for the WWE Championship at TLC in 2009. He also should have defeated Chris Jericho on the actual WrestleMania XXVI PPV and gone 2-0 in his WrestleMania debut having previously won Money in the Bank. This also would have made him the first man to have been WWE, World Heavyweight and ECW Champion. Sheamus was good and all, but his win was really random -- and while that was the point -- I think Swagger would have been a nice surprise, a better match and he at least had the ECW Championship behind his belt and about a year on the main roster.

I will enjoy Swagger for as long as they use him. I think he's brilliant in the ring and enjoy his promos more than most. It makes sense for him to still be aligned with Zeb Colter at the moment and fill out stuff like Money in the Bank. I'm still predicting that we may see Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro at SummerSlam, given that Rey likes to work SummerSlam (since it's in his backyard each year) and because they seem like perfect babyfaces to get the awesome Zeb Colter character involved with. But after that? I'm not sure if Swagger is long for being the "star" of the group. Antonio Cesaro is a great worker, a similar promo to Swagger and a guy who hasn't fucked up any chances. If the WWE wanted to give one of the two the Money in the Bank briefcase at the PPV, given Swagger's recent troubles, it would be Cesaro. Swagger seems to be entering another position where he's going to be out-shined by the guy he is aligned with (the Dolph Ziggler/Vickie Guerrero was always just a bit more interesting than the Swagger/Vickie one, and Swagger always seemed like Ziggler's "support" more than anything).

The company will probably forgive Swagger. I don't think he was technically suspended for his actions, so he's still got all three strikes left. He's got good size and all the previous qualities we talked about. But I can't see him becoming a World Champion under Zeb any more. Maybe when he splits from yet another super-heel he has been aligned with, Swagger might actually get the chance to turn face this time, and we can see how he goes as a world-beater. His entire body of work on the main roster has been as a heel, and he seems a natural fit for it (his size doesn't make him too sympathetic), but a double-cross from Cesaro and Colter could give Swagger some fire down the track.